Rookes v Barnard UKHL 1 is a UK labour law case and the leading case in English law on punitive damages and was a turning point in judicial activism against trade unions.
The case was almost immediately reversed by the Trade Disputes Act 1965 insofar as it decided on economic torts, although the law on punitive damages remains authoritative.
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